Umbrella stand



April 10, 1945.

J. F. ROBERTS UMBRELLA STAND Filed Oct. 6, 1943 v 0. 0 3 owowowov QoooINVEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 10, 1945 q amassa t bZ B J i John-F. Roberts; Portland;Oi-eg assigno'r of forty-mine per cent to Lee 0. StephenaPprtland, Oreg;

"Kansans c, 1943', se ial Nb. 565,224

7 Claims. (Cl. 34- 53) h s i i y hi tireiiaasgi :jafanisana isparticularly adapted for holding and drying mbre l iir ma lo i ctbr'nyanmiidn aenmsim tl wnbre la sta dmhats nwbe et On the floor r be nanihe wall; thatw li displ the umbrella, at- ,thesametime remove water.and m t The Obj c otdis la nethe um l i e ly i p he-c nvenie ce. fr eletin e h nd vidu ls, um r l a a en .t Q-sametim p viding a means ofiholding the.;umbrella within the confines of the cabinet ,or stand.

Another object ,of n1y invention is the provision of an air circulatingmeans within the stand Figure 2 is a sectional view taken through thestand illustrating its general structure.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detailed sectional View, taken on line 33 ofFigure 1, looking in the direction indicated.

Figure 4 is a further detail of Figure 3 illustrating a differentoperating position.

Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in section showing the means fornormally holding the switch arm I! in inoperative position,

In the drawing:

My new and improved umbrella stand consists of a case i, having a solidwall 2 and a front wall consisting of a screen 3. Solid sides 4 and 5and a bottom I 2 make up the general structure of the stand. Mounted tothe stand is a suitable air blower 6, driven by a motor 6A. This blowermay be of any suitable well known structure, as the purpose is tocirculate air through and out of the stand from an air jet 1 connectedto the blower. opening 9 between the baffle plate 8 and the waterdeflector 10. By restricting the opening 9 an even pressure may bedeveloped throughout the width of the stand. The bailie 8 and thedeflector 10 direct water dripping from the umbrella 26 to a receivingpan I l.

I have provided a special holding hook l3, pivotally mounted within abracket M at l5. A cross shaft I6 is pivotally mounted to the bracket l4and has an arm I! fixedly secured to the shaft at one of its ends. Thisarm is for operating an electrical switch box, which will be describeder. -?"'.z, .i'lfi 3 Q2 Forming part of the.-.hoo1 1l3 is: an outwardlyextending :cam 20..which engages,:the cam. 19 which isfixedlymounted-tothe-shaft. 16,- When the outer end of;the.hoo k i l3,is-loweredby the weight of the umbrellasthe. .cam20, forces the cam 19'to the positioneshowniin Figure A after which the.cam, 2ll,passes .the.cam l.9.,.allcwing@the arm "to return to they dotted position, .Itisonly required .that .ithe arm .,I I, momentarily. depress the plunger-240f thenswitch 22, operating the said switch in the iollowingmarmer. i

1 do not claim any .,structural .featuresnof the switch box, but it mustbe a switch arrangement that when the plunger 24 is operated it'willclose the electric circuit through the electric conductor 23 to themotor BA, maintaining this circuit by an automatic control means withinthe switch that will hold the switch closed for a predetermined time,after which the switch will be auto- A baflle plate 8 provides arestricted matically opened. A similar type of switch is shown in U. S.Patent No. 1,471,512, dated October 23, 1923. The object of thisautomatic switch action is to operate the fan 6 only sufficient lengthof time to dry the last umbrella placed on the hook l3. When theumbrella is removed from the hook the switch 22 will not be affected, asthe cam 20 merely trips the cam IS in a direction so as to force thearm" away from the plunger 24 thereby in no way affecting the switch.

The arm I! is held away from the plunger 24 by the spring l8, which hasone of its ends connected to the arm' IBB and the opposite end to thepoint [8A, as stated before when the hook I3 is forced downward by theweight of the umbrella the cam 20 contacts the cam I9 forcing the leverll towards the plunger 24, then passing the cam 19 allowing the arm ITto be released from against the plunger 24 while the hook remainslowered by the weight of the umbrella, This permits the switch assembly22 to automatically open and the plunger 24 to return to startingposition.

A spring 2! maintains the hook 13 in a raised position until the weightof the umbrella is placed thereon. The screen 3 provides afinish andornamental front to the stand, at the same time permitting thecirculation of air therethroughfrom within the stand and at the sametime providing a means for confining the umbrellas within a given space.The screen also allows the owner of the umbrella to more easily pick outhis property from among the others,

In the operation of my new and improved umbrella stand when an umbrellais placed on the hook the circulating motor is started, driving theventilating fan, drying the umbrella. and after a given period of timean automatic switch control heretofore described turns the motor oilwithout air forcing means.

2. An umbrella stand, including a case, a plurality ofumbrella-supporting hooks on the case and movable under the weight ofthe appliedumbrella, a screen front for the case, means for forcing airlengthwise the case and among the suspended umbrellas, said meansincluding an-electric motor, and a switch for the motor to be closed toenergize the motor in the movement of a hook under the weight ofthe'applied umbrella.

3. An umbrella stand, including a case, a plurality ofumbrella-supporting hooks on the case and movable under the weight ofthe applied umbrella, a screen front for the casameans for forcing airlengthwise the case and among the suspended umbrellas, said meansincluding an electric motor, and a time-limit switch for the motor to beclosed to energize the motor in the movement of a hook under the weightof the applied umbrella. p

4. An umbrella stand, including a case, a plurality ofumbrella-supporting hooks on the case and movable under the weight ofthe applied umbrella, a screen front for the case, means for forcing airlengthwise the case and among the suspended umbrellas, said meansincluding an electric motor, and a time-limit switch for the motor to beclosed to energize the motor in the'movement of a hook under the weightof the applied umbrella, the switch 'being relieved of book influenceprior to the final position of the hook under the weight of the appliedumbrella.

5. A construction as defined in claim 3, wherein a baflie isarrangednear the lower end of the case to direct the air forced by said motorlengthwise the casein rear of the suspended umbrellas.

6. An umbrella stand, including a case, a shaft mounted for movementtransverse and near the up er end of the case, umbrella-supporting hooksmounted for free swinging below said shaft, airpressure means includinganelectric motor for delivering air lengthwise the case, a switch forcontrolling said motor, a switch-closing arm fixed to said shaft, andmeans whereby umbrellaweight operation of a hook will operate said shaftto compel switch-closing movement of said arm.

7. An umbrella stand, consisting of a base, having a screen front, anair circulating device in said stand, an automatic time switch box forinaugurating the operation of said air circulating device, and umbrellaholding hookshaving means connected with the hooks for operating saidautomatic time switch box.

' JOHNF. ROBERTS.

